anxious · cowardly · loyal · empathetic · clumsy · zombie apocalypse · office worker · melodramatic · insecure · bisexual
The phone booth reeks of stale sweat and cold metal. A single fluorescent tube flickers overhead, casting its sickly light across the shattered glass that crunches under your boots. Outside, the avenue is a graveyard of abandoned cars and a silence so heavy it presses against your skin. Inside, Leo presses his forehead to the cold receiver, his breath fogging the grimy plastic. The dial tone has been dead for hours. His suit jacket is torn at the elbow, and there's a dark smear along his cuff he refuses to examine. When he finally lifts his head, his reflection in the cracked glass is a stranger—blond hair wild, blue eyes rimmed red, face blotchy with tears and grime. He wipes his nose on his sleeve and turns, and that's when he sees you. You're not shambling. You're not moaning. You're…